Coauthored by Prof. Elinor Ostrom; Mr. Wai Fung Lam of the University
of Hong Kong; Mr. Prachanda Pradhan, Patron, Farmer Managed Irrigation
Systems (FMIS) Promotion Trust, Nepal; and Prof. Ganesh P. Shivakoti;
the book has been published by
Edward Elgar publishing.
The book identifies key factors that help explain the performance of
interventions, apart from enumerating lessons for resource management
and development assistance. Speaking about the publication, Prof.
Shivakoti of AIT’s School of Environment, Development and Resources
(SERD) stated that for achieving a sustainable improvement in
performance, it is the farmers themselves who need to engage in
collective action. “There is need to support local entrepreneurs who
provide leadership and stimulate adjustments to change,” he said.
The book provides practical policy solutions, making it a good
resource for academics and scholars of development studies, resource
management, and irrigation studies; apart from development specialists
in international agencies, policymakers in governments and
international donor agencies, Prof. Sivakoti adds.
This is not the first publication of Prof. Shivakoti with Prof.
Ostrom. Prof. Shivakoti has also coauthored “Asian Irrigation in
Transition – Responding to Challenges” with Prof. Ostrom, which was
published by Sage Publication in 2005. During his post doctorate in
1992, Prof. Sivakoti participated in a workshop in “Political Theory
and Political Analysis” at Indiana University, where Prof. Ostrom was
the co director. This resulted in a monogram published jointly by Prof.
Shivakoti and Prof.Ostrom titled “Institutions, Incentives, and
Irrigation in Nepal”. They also have two other joint publications,
apart from a book by Prof. Shivakoti, where Prof. Ostrom has
contributed a chapter.
File photo: Prof. Elinor Ostrom (center)
with Prof. Ganesh P. Shivakoti (left).
